Estes Park Opinion

While all the hoopla was being made about the various gun bills that were being passed without the majority of the people in Colorado, the Democratic House Majority decided to push through a so called Comprehensive Sex Education bill which is sponsored by Senators' Crisantan Duran (D), District 5 and Nancy Todd (D) District 28, among others. Being raised in a large metropolitan city, I have never considered myself as a prude or naïve enough to be surprised by the sexual activities of adults let alone teenagers. But after reading this bill, I was really surprised as to the detail of what was being considered in the subject matter. Material that I would have considered to be "PORN," for K-12 Schools; "Condom Demonstration and Practice" or "Practicing Condom Use" and kindergartners are being considered for this type of material, or such other things as "Condom Races and Games" or "Condom Hunts," yet if you read the study of the bill, especially Chapter 5, these subject matters are laid out as part of the curricula. But what I found to be most offensive was the part of the curricula of subjects such as "The Wonderful World of Condoms" and "Sexual Alternative to Intercourse, Dental Dams, and Anal Intercourse," Really. Is this what we need to teach our kids? The best part of Chapter 5 was the paragraph that covered jellies and syrups as lubricants and "Mom and Dad Don't Need to Know About Your Condoms.

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I could go on and on as to what the study of the bill sets out as curriculum but the more I read it, the more I felt I was reading a manifesto of a pedophile. What really surprised me was when I approached a few of the local teachers that I knew and asked them about it, just about all gave me a really vague "I heard about it," and when I showed a summary from "The Heritage Foundation" entitled "Comprehensive Sex Education vs. Authentic Abstinence," I got the deer in the headlights look?

At the writing of this piece HB 13-1081 had passed both the House and Senate (down party Lines of course) and was at a second reading before going to the Governor's office for his signing. But before Governor Hickenlooper even considers signing this bill I'd like to know a few things.

While not making excuses for parents that should have been teaching this (at least some of it) shouldn't they have a say as to whether their children should be taught this subject matter. It was my understanding that there was an option out clause in the bill, but that was removed and those parents whose children are attending public/charter schools now do not have that option.

Who will teach this to our children, what are their qualifications and at what age is any particular part of this curriculum going to be taught?

Finally, did the school districts advise parents of this legislation and what their role would be?

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